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Coronavirus: Hong Kong gym cluster grows and more buildings locked down, as 24 new cases of Covid-19 spark fears of fifth wave in city
- Residents at 11 buildings in neighbourhood around Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun face mandatory testing
- People urged to get vaccinated as officials warn coronavirus is still spreading in community
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Hong Kong locked down another 11 residential buildings in wealthy areas of the city on Sunday, after officials confirmed 24 new cases of Covid-19 and warned the coronavirus was still spreading in the community.
Amid fears a fifth wave of infections could strike, officials moved to test more residents of Central and Western district living near Ursus Fitness, the gym at the centre of a super-spreading cluster.
The buildings put under lockdown were Fung Lam Building, Tung Ming Court, Lee Wai Building, 63 Pokfulam, and Kingsfield Tower on Pok Fu Lam Road, which are in the same neighbourhood as the gym, as well as Dynasty Court on Old Peak Road.
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Buildings near Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun under lockdown as Hong Kong sees 24 new Covid-19 cases
Buildings near Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun under lockdown as Hong Kong sees 24 new Covid-19 cases
Earlier, government ministers urged residents to get vaccinated, and said while experts would investigate the cases of residents who died soon after receiving Covid-19 jabs, people should not lose faith in the vaccines.
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About 13,300 people received their first coronavirus vaccine shot on Sunday, including some 7,900 who got the Sinovac vaccine and 5,400 others who took the BioNTech version. That brought the total number of people vaccinated since the programme started in late February to 190,700.
Officials said the vaccination programme would be speeded up and expanded so more people could be inoculated.
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